Anecdotes

He is a polyglot; he speaks English, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana, Tsonga, Afrikaans and some German.

His father is white (of Swiss origin). His mother is black (of the Xhosa people).

He began his career in comedy when he was out at a bar in South Africa with his cousin and a friend. They were both drunk and began heckling a comedian. When the comedian challenged them to come on stage...they sent Trevor to perform. He went on stage to avoid looking like a "scaredy cat" and discovered that when he spoke, people laughed.

He wrote two versions of his autobiography "Born a Crime". The original version contained some profanity, so he wrote an adapted version without the profanity so that children could read it.

During his childhood he did not know the famous "Happy Birthday to You" song as being the official birthday song because his mother would sing to him a birthday tune from Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984).

When he was young, Trevor was thrown out of a minibus by his mother, because she thought the driver, from another tribe, was trying to kill them.

He has referred to Jon Stewart as a major influence following his announcement of taking over The Daily Show (1996). He has even likened him to a "Jewish Yoda".

A new George Mason University study found that he had made 315 jokes about President Trump's first 100 days in office.[May 2017].

He first began his career as a radio host. His show titled "Noah's Ark" aired on Gauteng's youth radio station.

Merited a place in TIME magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People" (Pioneers) with an homage penned by Lupita Nyong'o [April 2018].

He thinks Donald Trump is weird looking and has incestuous feelings for Ivanka Trump.

Is a huge fan of roller coasters.

He is good friends with John Oliver.

He is good friends with John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen.

Considers himself a political progressive.

He is good friends with Seth Meyers.

When Noah was 10 or 11, his mom decided to convert to Judaism.

During his childhood, he attended Roman Catholic Church every Sunday.